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Edward Lasker

1885 - 1981

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Edward Lasker (born Eduard Lasker) (December 3, 1885 – March 25, 1981) was a German-American chess and Go player. He was awarded the title of International Master of chess by FIDE. Lasker was an engineer by profession, and an author of books on Go, chess and checkers. Born in Prussia, he emigrated to the United States in 1914. He was distantly related to World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker with whom he is sometimes confused. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Lasker is the 92nd most popular chess player (down from 72nd in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Poland (down from 677th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Edward Lasker ranks 92 out of 461. Before him are Louis Paulsen, Gideon Ståhlberg, Ljubomir Ljubojević, Adolf Albin, Larry Evans, and Rashid Nezhmetdinov. After him are Friedrich Sämisch, Luděk Pachman, Rudolf Charousek, Reuben Fine, Alexander Beliavsky, and Jackson Showalter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Edward Lasker ranks 131. Before him are Rolf Carls, Nils von Kantzow, Carmine Gallone, Liviu Rebreanu, François de La Rocque, and Georges Mandel. After him are Sun Chuanfang, Eino Rahja, Friedrich Kirchner, Ralph Rose, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, and Juhan Kukk. Among people deceased in 1981, Edward Lasker ranks 128. Before him are Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, Josef Silný, Lanza del Vasto, Agniya Barto, Aleksandra Beļcova, and Lyudmila Zhivkova. After him are Beatrice Tinsley, Zoilo Saldombide, Morris Kirksey, François Bordes, Bobby Sands, and Boris Polevoy.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Edward Lasker ranks 729 out of 1,694. Before him are Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808), Wilhelm Fliess (1858), Günther Pancke (1899), Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718), Władysław Odonic (1190), and Ingrid Pitt (1937). After him are Erika Steinbach (1943), Max Weber (1881), Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), Franciszek Pieczka (1928), Klaus Hänsch (1938), and Haroun Tazieff (1914).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Poland

Among chess players born in Poland, Edward Lasker ranks 9. Before him are Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Akiba Rubinstein (1880), Johannes Zukertort (1842), Miguel Najdorf (1910), and Szymon Winawer (1838). After him are Grigory Levenfish (1889), Daniel Harrwitz (1823), Valery Salov (1964), Monika Soćko (1978), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (1998), and Radosław Wojtaszek (1987).

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